D. V. GRIFFITHS, PhD, DSc, PE, CEng, FICE, D.GE, Dist.M.ASCE

CONTACT INFORMATION:

EDUCATION:

• B.Sc., University of Manchester, Civil Engineering
• M.S., University of California, Berkeley, Geotechnical Engineering
• Ph.D., University of Manchester, Civil Engineering
• D.Sc., University of Manchester, Numerical Methods in Geomechanics

PROFESSIONAL:

• Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers
  • Induction ceremony, Acceptance speech and News Release
• Diplomate, Geotechnical Engineering (D.GE)
• Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (London)
• P.E.(Colorado), Reg.No. 32895, (Link to Architects, Engineers and Land Surveyors)
• British Chartered Engineer, C.Eng., Reg. No. 346110
• Board of Direction ASCE (Region 7), 2010-2013
• President, ASCE, Colorado Section, 2000-2001

RESEARCH FOCUS:

• Risk assessment and finite element modeling in geotechnical engineering

OTHER AFFILIATIONS:

• Honorary Member of the Senior Common Room, Magdalen College, Oxford, UK (2019-2025)
• Honorary Professor, University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia (2021-2023)
• 111 Professor appointment at Chang'an University, Xi'an, Ministry of Education, PRC (2018-2022)
• Partner Investigator (2011-2018), Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering,
  University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia
  

TEACHING:

• CEEN 498/598: Independent Study: Available all semesters. See me for more information.
• CEEN 410/510: Advanced Soil Mechanics, Fall 2022. CEEN410-510
• CEEN 405/505: Numerical Methods for Engineers, Fall 2022 CEEN 405-505
  The course can be used as an undergraduate Civil, Environmental, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering Elective
  
  
• CEEN 419/519: Risk Assessment in Geotechnical Engineering, Fall 2023.
• CEEN 410/510: Advanced Soil Mechanics, Fall 2023.

JOURNAL EDITING:

• Computers and Geotechnics, Editor (2011-2021)
• Géotechnique, Advisory Panel (2013-2018)
• Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Editor (2008-2012),
  
  

CHAIRING OF CONFERENCES:

• GeoDenver 2007
• GeoFlorida 2010
• GeoRisk 2017
  
  

INVITED LECTURES:

• Suzanne Lacasse Lecture. Delivered at APSSRA 2016, Shanghai, PRC, May 28-30, 2016
• Keynote Lecture: XV Colombian Geotechnical Congress Cartagena, Colombia, Oct 4-8, 2016
• H. Bolton Seed Medal Lecture. Delivered at Geo-Congress 2017, Orlando, FL, March 13th 2017
• Cross Canada Lecture Tour (11-lectures), April 10th thru April 21st 2017
• San Francisco ASCE Younger Members Forum, June 15th 2017
• Oregon Geo-Institute Chapter, Portland OR, 6th September 2017
• Hawaii Geo-Institute Chapter, November 16th 2017
• Seattle Geo-Institute Chapter, January 25th 2018
• Education Seminar - Risk Assessment and Mitigation in Geotechnical Practice, Orange County Geo-Institute Chapter, Irvine CA , February 9th 2018
• Pittsburgh Geo-Institute Chapter, February 15th 2018
• Central Ohio Geo-Institute Chapter, Columbus OH, April 19th 2018
• Florida West Coast Geo-Institute Chapter, Tampa FL, April 26th 2018
• University of South Florida, Civil and Environmental Eng. Dept., Tampa FL, April 26th 2018
• Invited Panelist at CARe2018HK Conference on Climate Change (26:43), Adaption and Resilience, Hong Kong Oct 27-29, 2018
• Keynote Lecture: EXPOIngenieria World Congress 2018, Medellin, Colombia, Oct 2018
• Keynote Lecture: 1st International Symposium on Rock Mechanics Applications, Hermosillo, Mexico, Nov 2018
• UK Invited Lectures: Imperial College, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, University of Durham, March-June 2019
• Keynote Lecture: 13th Chinese National Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Conference, Tianjin, July 2019
• Invited Lecture: Chang'an University, Xi'an, July 2019
• Invited Lecture: Hohai University, Nanjing, July 2019
• Keynote Lecture: 4th ACCM, Hobart, Australia, November 2019
• T.H. Wu Distinguished Lecture, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH, Feb 26th 2021
• Wilson Tang Lecture, 8th ISGSR Conference, Newcastle NSW, Dec 15th 2022

UPCOMING/RECENT SHORT COURSES AND WORKSHOPS:

• Statistics and Probabilistic Methods in Geotechnical Engineering - The Fundamentals (1-day)
  National Geotechnical Consulting, Brisbane, Australia, Sep 16, 2016.
• Risk Assessment in Geotechnical Engineering (1-day)
  XVCCG/IICIERB-ISRM, Cartagena, Colombia, Oct 6, 2016.
• Risk Assessment in Geotechnical Engineering (5-days)
  Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), Oslo, Norway, May 8-12, 2017.
• Probabilistic Methods in Geotechnical Engineering (1-day)
  Centre for Geotechnical Science and Engineering (CGSE), University of Newcastle, Australia, July 17, 2017.
• Finite Elements in Geotechnical Engineering (1-day)
  Tongji (Jialong Campus), PRC, 7th January 2018.
• Probabilistic Methods in Geotechnical Engineering (1-day)
  University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, 6th August, 2018.
• Quantitative Risk Assessment in Geotechnical Engineering (1.5-day)
  Escuela Colombiana de Ingenieria, Julio Garavito, Bogota, Colombia, 12/13th October, 2018.
• Quantitative Risk Assessment in Geotechnical Engineering (1-day)
  Pells, Sullivan and Meynink, Sydney, Australia, 12th December, 2018.
• Introduction to Risk Assessment in Geotechnical Engineering
  Invited Instructor: Workshop on "Rock Mechanics for the Future" held at NE University, Shenyang City, August 2019.
• Field data collection, monitoring, and modelling of large landslides
  Invited Instructor: Summer hosted by the State Key Laboratory of Geo-hazard Prevention and Geo-environment Protection SKLGP at Chengdu University of Technology (CDUT), 2019-2022
• Quantitative Risk Assessment in Geotechnical Engineering (1-day)
  Pittsburgh PA, Geo-Institute Chapter, April 12th 2022.
• Quantitative Risk Assessment in Geotechnical Engineering (1-day)
  8th ISGSR, Newcastle, NSW, Australia, December 14th 2022.
• Quantitative Risk Assessment in Geotechnical Engineering (1-day)
  Perth, Australia for the WA Chapter of the Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS), Aug 2020 (postponed, TBA).
• Slope Stability (1-day)
  Three courses in Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland for the New Zealand Geotechnical Society, May/June 2020 (postponed, TBA).
• Quantitative Risk Assessment in Geotechnical Engineering (1-day)
  Durham and Glasgow UK for the British Geotechnical Association (BGA) Oct 2020 (postponed, TBA).

ON-LINE SHORT COURSES:

• Risk Assessment in Geotechnical Engineering (ASCE On-Demand Seminar, 0.9 CEUs)

PUBLICATIONS:

• Full Publication List
• Google Scholar

GOOGLE ANALYTICS:

• Number of hits on this web site

TEXTBOOKS (and associated software):

• "Programming the finite element method"
  I.M. Smith, D.V. Griffiths and L. Margetts, 5th ed., John Wiley & Sons, 2014
  "Link to programs"
  
  "Programming the finite element method"
  I.M. Smith and D.V. Griffiths, 4th ed., John Wiley & Sons, 2004, reprinted 2006,2008
  "Link to programs"
  
  
• "Numerical methods for engineers",
  D.V. Griffiths and I.M. Smith, 2nd ed., Chapman & Hall/CRC Press, 2006
  "Link to programs"
  
  
• "Risk Assessment in Geotechnical Engineering",
  Gordon A. Fenton and D.V. Griffiths, John Wiley & Sons, 2008.
  "Link to programs"

FE SLOPE STABILITY PROGRAM:

• "FE Slope Stability Program slope64 and Manual"

USE OF SOFTWARE IN PROPRIETARY CODES:

• "Rocscience Inc."
• "SVSlope"
• "Article on Griffiths and Lane Method"

OTHER SOFTWARE:

• "Web-based FE Slope Stability Analysis"
• "FORM analysis of wellbore stabilitty"
• "Other FORM software"
• "Software derived using Computer Algebra Systems"
• "Infinite slope software"
• "Monte-Carlo Excel Programs"
• "Beam on a Random Elastic Foundation"